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• BMW joins Airbus in Brexit warning

  22-06-2018 20:37 via bbc.co.uk
  BMW warns ministers on Brexit after Airbus says it could be forced to leave the UK if there is no transition deal with the EU.
  
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• Airbus Brexit warning alarms long supply chain

  22-06-2018 20:26 via ft.com
  Company so intertwined with Britain’s £30bn aerospace industry moving would not be easy
  
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• More UK businesses join Airbus lead on hard Brexit warning

  22-06-2018 20:05 via ft.com
  Downing St ‘listening’ to aerospace group after no-deal assessment
  
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• Learndirect in talks on rescue sale

  22-06-2018 20:00 via ft.com
  UK’s biggest adult training provider faces end of government funding
  
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• British business has been far too quiet on Brexit

  22-06-2018 19:40 via ft.com
  Airbus spoke up about the risks of a hard exit, others should follow
  
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• Martin Rowson on Airbus and Brexit – cartoon

  22-06-2018 19:36
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• More firms may follow Airbus in Brexit threat, says CBI

  22-06-2018 19:18
  Lobby group says lack of government clarity is forcing companies to prepare for no dealAirbus plans UK job cuts amid fears of hard Brexit impactThe European aircraft maker Airbus could be the first of many firms to threaten to end its investment in Britain, putting tens of thousands of jobs at risk, if the government cannot provide urgent clarity on Brexit, the leading business lobby group has warned.The CBI said a growing number of companies were making plans based on the assumption that Theres
  
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• John Bercow aims to stay on as Speaker to oversee Brexit process

  22-06-2018 18:57
  Election literature from last year reveals intention to help supervise ‘challenging’ period John Bercow is planning to stay on as Speaker of the House of Commons until after the UK leaves the European Union in order to oversee the “challenging” period when MPs will thrash out Brexit laws. Bercow will resist attempts to topple him by critical Conservative MPs as he believes the Commons needs an experienced parliamentarian in the role to supervise “very complicated an
  
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• Chris Grayling 'running scared' over Northern summit cancellation

  22-06-2018 18:50 via bbc.co.uk
  The transport secretary has "chickened out" by pulling out of a transport summit, union bosses say.
  
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• The Guardian view of Philip Hammond and Airbus: stand tall for jobs | Editorial

  22-06-2018 18:15
  In his big speech this week the chancellor made a general case for soft Brexit. The Airbus disinvestment threat shows that he must sharpen his gameTwo years ago this week, Britain voted to leave the EU. One year ago, the chancellor of the exchequer’s annual Mansion House speech was cancelled because of the fire at Grenfell Tower. On Thursday, Philip Hammond went ahead with this year’s speech to the City. And it was almost as if Mr Hammond had mistakenly brought along the kind of spee
  
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• The Guardian view on mobile phones: schools are better without them | Editorial

  22-06-2018 18:14
  The call to ban phones from the playground is rightly popular. But schools will need resources to do it properlyWhen a minister in this government stumbles on a policy that is both popular and good, it’s newsworthy. Matt Hancock, the digital minister, has suggested that schools ban the use of mobile phones by their pupils. Amanda Spielman, the head of Ofsted, agrees. In France, the Macron government has put forward legislation that will ban the use of phones in all primary and middle schoo
  
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• Is a post-Brexit Tory party an oxymoron?

  22-06-2018 18:05
  The fractured party could go in one of several directions at the end of this bruising process
  On Wednesday evening, peers finally nodded the EU withdrawal bill towards the statute book. At the same time, a few hundred metres away, the prime minister took to a makeshift stage in College Gardens to revive her vision of post-Brexit Britain.Theresa May framed her remarks in terms of the crisis shaking the established order of liberal democracy across Europe and the US. If May has one core belief, it
  
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• Airbus raises range of fears in brutal Brexit assessment

  22-06-2018 18:05
  Aircraft manufacturer warns it could end UK investment even if there is an ‘orderly’ departure from EUAirbus hated Brexit from the off but, until now, it had confined itself to soft expressions of worry in public and harder lobbying behind the scenes. Its dramatic warning that it could stop investing in the UK is a radical departure from that position and carried a sting. Related: Airbus plans UK job cuts amid fears of hard Brexit impactContinue reading...
  
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• Working-class concerns ignored in Brexit debate | Letters

  22-06-2018 17:45
  Susan Hunter questions whether ‘the people’ would vote any differently to June 2016 and Richard Denton-White says Britain is now more divided than ever. Plus letters from Dr Nicholas Wright and Howard Williams
  Campaigners are marching on Saturday calling on the government to agree to a people’s vote on the final Brexit deal. But why should “the people” vote any differently to June 2016? No one has led a campaign offering hope of improvement should we remain in the E
  
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• SNP, vote no to Heathrow expansion – or betray everything you stand for | Jen Graham

  22-06-2018 17:28
  I support the SNP, but not its backing for a policy that damages the climate in exchange for easier travel for a wealthy minority• May and Johnson under pressure as Heathrow expansion vote loomsOn Monday, MPs will vote on whether to give the third runway at Heathrow the backing of the Commons or to shelve the project indefinitely. This is a make-or-break moment in the long fight over the third runway. The chief reason the Conservatives are so confident of pushing their plans through is that
  
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• Windrush anniversary celebrated at Westminster Abbey

  22-06-2018 17:23 via bbc.co.uk
  More than 2,000 people including families of the Windrush generation gathered at Westminster Abbey.
  
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• When a sick MP is forced to vote, our politics has lost touch with reality | Gaby Hinsliff

  22-06-2018 17:21
  Arcane Westminster traditions mean politicians seem ever more remote, just as they need to connect with the rest of usShe came in a wheelchair, heavily dosed on morphine, clutching a cardboard bowl in case she was sick. The sight of the Labour MP Naz Shah voting in her pyjamas this week was, frankly, disturbing. What kind of workplace asks a woman to discharge herself from hospital for something she could have dealt with on the phone? Related: A sick MP being forced to vote in a wheelchair? The
  
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• Highlights of UK's road to Brexit since 2016 referendum

  22-06-2018 17:18 via bbc.co.uk
  News archives recall some of the key moments on Britain's route from the 2016 referendum towards Brexit in 2019.
  
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• Week in Review: Airbus horror story ruins May's no-deal victory

  22-06-2018 17:01
  
  Airbus' Brexit risk assessment is a horror story in multiple parts, each worse than the next.
  
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• EU tariffs on US goods come into force

  22-06-2018 16:49 via bbc.co.uk
  The European Union has gone ahead with retaliatory duties against $2.8bn worth of US-made products.
  
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• Magid Magid, Sheffield’s lord mayor: ‘I’ve had a lot of stick, but I don’t care’

  22-06-2018 16:24
  The 28-year-old former refugee has become a viral sensation since being appointed to the role – and has won over his critics. ‘I decided to be myself,’ he saysMagid Magid was in his local Sainsbury’s recently when a shopper asked him to pose for a picture by squatting. The 28-year-old cheerfully obliged, crouching on the supermarket floor “with a loaf of bread in my hand”. Today, our photoshoot takes for ever, because as soon as we leave the town hall he keeps
  
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• The NHS is sustainable — as long as we are prepared to pay for it

  22-06-2018 15:59 via ft.com
  The UK’s health service is delivering middling results for middling outlay
  
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• After Gosport, Jeremy Hunt’s new bill is the last thing patients need | Peter Walsh

  22-06-2018 15:27
  Victims and their families of the tragedy need accountability and criminal investigations. As for patient-doctor trust, there’s trouble on the wayThis week’s report by the independent panel on Gosport War Memorial hospital is shocking to those who have not so far been involved. I had the privilege of meeting some of the families back in 2008 when Action against Medical Accidents arranged legal representation for some of them at the inquests of their family members, and began to campa
  
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• Two years on from the Brexit referendum

  22-06-2018 14:35 via ft.com
  Leave and Remain champions will make rival claims on whether expectations have been met
  
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• Love Island's Hayley Hughes and her Brexit questions

  22-06-2018 14:26 via bbc.co.uk
  Love Island contestant Hayley Hughes quizzes a BBC reporter on Brexit and tests his knowledge on the programme that led her to fame.
  
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• Holyrood 'won't approve any Brexit bills'

  22-06-2018 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  Scotland's Brexit secretary says devolution is "broken" as Nicola Sturgeon meets senior UK government figures.
  
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• Airbus future in UK threatened by ‘negative’ Brexit impact

  22-06-2018 14:03 via ft.com
  The government says it is listening to the aerospace company’s concerns
  
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• Not in my back yard — conflicting views on the housing shortage

  22-06-2018 13:25 via ft.com
  Many people want new homes to be built, but not where they live
  
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• Greg Clark: securing free movement for UK workers in EU is vital

  22-06-2018 12:27
  Curbing movement could be as bad for economy as hard trade border, says business secretaryRestricting the ability of British workers to travel within the EU could be as dangerous to the economy as a hard trade border, a leading pro-remain cabinet minister has said, adding that the row over a post-Brexit customs deal risks overshadowing the need for a deal on services.The business secretary, Greg Clark, said it was vital the debate moved on to the need for seamless movement of workers, given that
  
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• No-deal Brexit plans discussed at British Irish Council

  22-06-2018 11:21 via bbc.co.uk
  Leo Varadkar says he is still confident a deal can be struck but is making contingency plans.
  
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• If Labour is really progressive, it will pledge to decriminalise drugs | Michael Segalov

  22-06-2018 10:42
  Years of DIY-testing the dubious stashes of festival-goers have convinced me that urgent reform is needed to keep people safeWhile discussion of drugs and drug policy often revolve around facts, figures and complex science, perhaps it’s worth reflecting on what I have witnessed at British music festivals over the past four years. Summer after summer, I arrive in fields across the UK on a mission to shine a light on how we take drugs. One year, I traipsed across campsites with DIY testing k
  
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• The Politics.co.uk Podcast - World Cup politics

  22-06-2018 10:04
  
  Politics.co.uk editor Ian Dunt is joined by football writer and broadcaster Philippe Auclair, and Conor Pope, author of Labour List's Political World Cup and deputy editor of Progress, to discuss all you need to know about the politics of the World Cup.
  
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• Outrage at Trump is fine, but May's Hostile Environment needs action too

  22-06-2018 09:32
  
  Theresa May is failing 'refugee week' just as badly as Donald Trump
  
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• Survey finds 48% of Brits support referendum on final Brexit deal

  22-06-2018 08:59 via ft.com
  ‘Brexit dividend’ expected by 40% of people
  
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• Brexit: EU is getting ready for no-deal, says Jean-Claude Juncker

  22-06-2018 08:48
  European commission president says bloc must prepare for worst outcomeThe EU needs to be realistic about the dangerous state of the Brexit negotiations and is preparing to deploy its trillion-pound budget to cushion the bloc from the prospect of a no-deal scenario, the European commission president has warned.With the two sides still far apart on the “hardest issues”, just days from a crunch leaders’ summit in Brussels, Jean-Claude Juncker told the Irish parliament on Thursday
  
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• The contenders: who could replace Theresa May?

  22-06-2018 07:00
  We look at the Conservative cabinet ministers in the running to take over as party leader and prime minister‘The great survivor’ – Jeremy Hunt’s ascendancy‘Face of the modern party’ – Sajid Javid tipped for the top Continue reading...
  
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• 'He is the great survivor': Jeremy Hunt's ascendancy

  22-06-2018 07:00
  The health secretary’s days appeared to be numbered but he secured NHS funding and a new brief – could his eye be on No 10?The contenders: who could replace Theresa May?‘Face of the modern Tory party’: Sajid Javid tipped for the topIn January this year, Jeremy Hunt’s days as health secretary appeared to be numbered. He walked into Number 10, his regular NHS pin badge missing from his lapel, as rumours swirled that he was facing demotion to the business department. T
  
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• ‘Face of the modern Tory party’: Sajid Javid tipped for the top

  22-06-2018 07:00
  He is a rising star who appeals to left and right, though things can change quickly in his current jobThe contenders: who could replace Theresa May?‘He is the great survivor’: Jeremy Hunt’s ascendancyWhen Sajid Javid was photographed apparently striking a “power pose” outside the Home Office on his first day as home secretary, he set the Conservative party alight with speculation that he was aiming for the top job.The stance, a favourite of Tory heavyweights includi
  
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• Online gambling: the hidden epidemic

  22-06-2018 06:00 via ft.com
  Smartphone betting apps are used by millions — and for some it’s a dangerous addiction
  
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• Who will pay for Heathrow airport’s £14bn third runway?

  22-06-2018 05:00 via ft.com
  Fears mount that taxpayers and passengers will be landed with big chunk of bill
  
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• Airbus plans UK job cuts amid fears of hard Brexit impact

  22-06-2018 01:33
  No-deal scenario directly threatens future in the UK, says Airbus COO Tom WilliamsTheresa May will listen to Airbus Brexit concerns, No 10 says
  Airbus has confirmed it is considering cutting thousands of jobs in the UK as it starts to “press the button on crisis actions” over concerns about Brexit.The company said it could ditch plans to build aircraft wings in British factories over concerns that EU regulations will no longer apply from March 2019 and uncertainty over customs proced
  
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• MPs to investigate 'fast fashion' impact

  22-06-2018 01:14 via bbc.co.uk
  The fashion industry's sustainability and how it can be remodelled will be put under the spotlight.
  
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• Probation system 'a mess' despite reforms, say MPs

  22-06-2018 01:11 via bbc.co.uk
  Staff morale is at an "all-time low" and support for inmates leaving jail "wholly inadequate", MPs say.
  
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• What are tariffs and how do they affect us?

  22-06-2018 01:09 via bbc.co.uk
  As a trade war becomes an increasing risk, how do governments use tariffs in international commerce?
  
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• Part-privatisation of probation sector 'is a mess', MPs say

  22-06-2018 01:01
  Justice committee publishes damning report on overhaul instituted by Chris Grayling and urges MoJ reviewThe part-privatisation of the probation sector spearheaded by Chris Grayling during his time as justice secretary is a “mess” and may never work, MPs have warned in a damning report that heavily criticises the reforms.Four years after Grayling put his “transforming rehabilitation” plan into action, a report by the justice committee, led by the Conservative MP Robert Nei
  
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• Commons spent £2.4m on staff ‘gagging clauses’ over 5 years

  22-06-2018 01:01 via ft.com
  Use of non-disclosure agreements revealed after freedom of information request
  
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• Airbus warns ‘negative’ impact of Brexit threatens its UK future

  22-06-2018 00:40 via ft.com
  Group raises concern over political paralysis and details ‘severe consequences’ of exit
  
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